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2022-03-21 00:57:12 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

There’s only one small battalion of Neo-Nazis in the Ukrainian Army. "The Azov Battalion is a real extremist group that became (and still is) a faction in Ukraine’s national guard, but to equate them with the “Kyiv regime” is to vastly overstate their size and influence." https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/02/what-is-ukraines-azov-battalion/

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• There’s only one small battalion of Neo-Nazis in the Ukrainian Army. "The Azov Battalion is a real extremist group that became (and still is) a faction in Ukraine’s national guard, but to equate them with the “Kyiv regime” is to vastly overstate their size and influence." https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/03/02/what-is-ukraines-azov-battalion/